KOF Education System Factbooks
Why have some countries been able to integrate their own young people into the labour market better than others? Why has the Swiss vocational education system been particularly good at this? And how do labour-market oriented educational pathways in different countries differ from one another?
In order to provide a basis upon which to answer these questions, the KOF has prepared a new series of “Factbooks” describing the education systems of different countries, with particular reference to labour-market oriented educational pathways.
The aim of these Factbooks is to cast light on the cultural, economic, political and social characteristics of these countries in order to be able to classify the structure of the relevant education system, along with governance and education processes. This basis for comparison will subsequently facilitate a discussion of “best practice” examples.
From 2013 to 2019, the Factbooks were produced within the framework of the research division Education Systems at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. Since 2020 they are produced by the Chair of Education Systems (CES).
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Albania (PDF, 446 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Australia (PDF, 483 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Austria (PDF, 615 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Benin (PDF, 981 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Bolivia (PDF, 730 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Bosnia and Herzegovina (PDF, 640 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Canada (PDF, 823 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Chile (PDF, 341 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Colombia (PDF, 472 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Costa Rica (PDF, 389 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Czech Republic (PDF, 939 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Denmark (PDF, 718 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: France (PDF, 498 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Germany (PDF, 621 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Hong Kong (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: India (PDF, 760 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Italy (PDF, 983 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Macedonia (PDF, 520 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Mexico (PDF, 527 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Nepal (PDF, 490 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: The Netherlands (PDF, 765 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: New Zealand (PDF, 727 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Norway (PDF, 442 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Peru (PDF, 649 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Serbia (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Singapore (PDF, 621 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: South Africa (PDF, 846 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: South Korea (PDF, 606 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Spain (PDF, 640 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Sweden (PDF, 836 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Switzerland (PDF, 569 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: United Kingdom (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: United States of America (PDF, 645 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom KOF Education System Factbook: Viet Nam (PDF, 772 KB)